Re: [PATCH v7.3 8/9] cifs: Add support for parsing WSL symlinks in version 1 format
From: Namjae Jeon
Date: Mon Oct 26 2026 - 21:38:07 EST
> static int parse_reparse_wsl_symlink(struct reparse_wsl_symlink_data_buffer *buf,
> + unsigned int xid,
> + struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
> struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
> + const char *full_path,
> struct cifs_open_info_data *data)
> {
> int len = le16_to_cpu(buf->ReparseDataLength);
> int data_offset = offsetof(typeof(*buf), Target) - offsetof(typeof(*buf), Version);
> - int symname_utf8_len;
> + bool free_symname_utf8 = false;
> + struct cifs_open_parms oparms;
> + struct cifs_io_parms io_parms;
> + unsigned int symname_utf8_len;
> + char *symname_utf8 = NULL;
> __le16 *symname_utf16;
> int symname_utf16_len;
> + struct cifs_fid fid;
> + u64 file_size;
> + __u32 oplock;
> + int buf_type;
> + int rc = 0;
>
> - if (len <= data_offset) {
> + if (len < data_offset) {
> cifs_dbg(VFS, "srv returned malformed wsl symlink buffer\n");
> - return smb_EIO2(smb_eio_trace_reparse_wsl_symbuf,
> + rc = smb_EIO2(smb_eio_trace_reparse_wsl_symbuf,
> len, data_offset);
> + goto out;
> }
>
> - /* MS-FSCC 2.1.2.7 defines layout of the Target field only for Version 2. */
> u32 version = le32_to_cpu(buf->Version);
> + switch (version) {
> + case 1:
> + /*
> + * Layout version 1 stores the symlink target in the data section of
> + * the file encoded in UTF-8 without trailing null-term byte.
> + */
> +
> + file_size = data->contains_posix_file_info ?
> + le64_to_cpu(data->posix_fi.EndOfFile) :
> + le64_to_cpu(data->fi.EndOfFile);
> +
> + free_symname_utf8 = true;
> + symname_utf8_len = file_size;
> + symname_utf8 = kmalloc(symname_utf8_len, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!symname_utf8) {
> + rc = -ENOMEM;
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + oparms = CIFS_OPARMS(cifs_sb, tcon, full_path, FILE_READ_DATA,
> + FILE_OPEN, CREATE_NOT_DIR | OPEN_REPARSE_POINT,
> + ACL_NO_MODE);
> + oparms.fid = &fid;
Should we pass initialized fid to ->open()? When SMB2/3 leasing is
enabled, the open path copies fid->lease_key into the outgoing CREATE
request, potentially disclosing 16 bytes of stale stack data to the
server ?
So, how about updating it like this ?
struct cifs_fid fid = {};
...
if (tcon->ses->server->ops->new_lease_key)
tcon->ses->server->ops->new_lease_key(&fid);
> + oplock = tcon->ses->server->oplocks ? REQ_OPLOCK : 0;
> + rc = tcon->ses->server->ops->open(xid, &oparms, &oplock, NULL);
> + if (rc)
> + goto out;
> +
> + buf_type = CIFS_NO_BUFFER;
> + io_parms = (struct cifs_io_parms) {
> + .pid = current->tgid,
> + .tcon = tcon,
> + .offset = 0,
> + .length = symname_utf8_len,
> + };
> + rc = tcon->ses->server->ops->sync_read(xid, &fid, &io_parms,
> + &symname_utf8_len,
> + &symname_utf8,
> + &buf_type);
> + if (!rc && symname_utf8_len != file_size)
> + rc = -EIO;
>
> - if (version != 2) {
> + tcon->ses->server->ops->close(xid, tcon, &fid);
> +
> + if (rc) {
> + cifs_dbg(VFS, "cannot read wsl symlink target location: %d\n", rc);
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + break;
> + case 2:
> + /*
> + * Layout version 2 stores the symlink target in the reparse buffer
> + * field Target encoded in UTF-8 without trailing null-term byte.
> + */
> + symname_utf8_len = len - data_offset;
> + symname_utf8 = buf->Target;
> + break;
> + default:
> cifs_dbg(VFS, "srv returned unsupported wsl symlink version %u\n", version);
> return smb_EIO1(smb_eio_trace_reparse_wsl_ver, version);
> }
>
> - /* Target for Version 2 is in UTF-8 but without trailing null-term byte */
> - symname_utf8_len = len - data_offset;
> + if (symname_utf8_len == 0) {
> + cifs_dbg(VFS, "srv returned empty wsl symlink target location\n");
> + rc = -EIO;
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> /*
> * Check that buffer does not contain null byte
> * because Linux cannot process symlink with null byte.
> */
> - size_t ulen = strnlen(buf->Target, symname_utf8_len);
> + size_t ulen = strnlen(symname_utf8, symname_utf8_len);
>
> if (ulen != symname_utf8_len) {
> cifs_dbg(VFS, "srv returned null byte in wsl symlink target location\n");
> - return smb_EIO2(smb_eio_trace_reparse_wsl_ver,
> + rc = smb_EIO2(smb_eio_trace_reparse_wsl_ver,
> ulen, symname_utf8_len);
> + goto out;
> }
> symname_utf16 = kzalloc(symname_utf8_len * 2, GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!symname_utf16)
> - return -ENOMEM;
> - symname_utf16_len = utf8s_to_utf16s(buf->Target, symname_utf8_len,
> + if (!symname_utf16) {
> + rc = -ENOMEM;
> + goto out;
> + }
> + symname_utf16_len = utf8s_to_utf16s(symname_utf8, symname_utf8_len,
> UTF16_LITTLE_ENDIAN,
> (wchar_t *) symname_utf16, symname_utf8_len * 2);
> if (symname_utf16_len < 0) {
> kfree(symname_utf16);
> - return symname_utf16_len;
> + rc = symname_utf16_len;
> + goto out;
> }
> symname_utf16_len *= 2; /* utf8s_to_utf16s() returns number of u16 items, not byte length */
>
> @@ -1123,14 +1200,23 @@ static int parse_reparse_wsl_symlink(struct reparse_wsl_symlink_data_buffer *buf
> symname_utf16_len, true,
> cifs_sb->local_nls);
> kfree(symname_utf16);
> - if (!data->symlink_target)
> - return -ENOMEM;
> + if (!data->symlink_target) {
> + rc = -ENOMEM;
> + goto out;
> + }
>
> - return 0;
> +out:
> + if (free_symname_utf8)
> + kfree(symname_utf8);
> +
> + return rc;
> }
>
> int parse_reparse_point(struct reparse_data_buffer *buf,
> - u32 plen, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
> + u32 plen,
> + unsigned int xid,
> + struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
> + struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
> const char *full_path,
> struct cifs_open_info_data *data)
> {
> @@ -1148,7 +1234,7 @@ int parse_reparse_point(struct reparse_data_buffer *buf,
> case IO_REPARSE_TAG_LX_SYMLINK:
> return parse_reparse_wsl_symlink(
> (struct reparse_wsl_symlink_data_buffer *)buf,
> - cifs_sb, data);
> + xid, tcon, cifs_sb, full_path, data);
> case IO_REPARSE_TAG_AF_UNIX:
> case IO_REPARSE_TAG_LX_FIFO:
> case IO_REPARSE_TAG_LX_CHR:
> diff --git a/fs/smb/common/fscc.h b/fs/smb/common/fscc.h
> index e46d3379b779..dee4fb6af16a 100644
> --- a/fs/smb/common/fscc.h
> +++ b/fs/smb/common/fscc.h
> @@ -69,12 +69,13 @@ struct reparse_nfs_data_buffer {
> __u8 DataBuffer[];
> } __packed;
>
> -/* For IO_REPARSE_TAG_LX_SYMLINK - see MS-FSCC 2.1.2.7 */
> +/* For IO_REPARSE_TAG_LX_SYMLINK - see MS-FSCC 2.1.2.7 and
> + * https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/blob/2.5.8/test/windows/DrvFsTests.cpp#L775-L815 */
> struct reparse_wsl_symlink_data_buffer {
> __le32 ReparseTag;
> __le16 ReparseDataLength;
> __u16 Reserved;
> - __le32 Version; /* Always 2 */
> + __le32 Version; /* 1 - stores symlink path in file data section; 2 - stores symlink path in Target[] field */
> __u8 Target[]; /* Variable Length UTF-8 string without nul-term */
> } __packed;
>
> --
> 2.20.1
>